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Nano Particles used in Untested H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccines

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:50 PM EST (Global Research)

Part III: 'It's the vaccines, Stupid! by F. William Engdahl

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Child abuse may shorten cell lifeline: study

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:24 PM EST (Google)

Seeded by alkimija

Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.

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Ordeal of girl whose mother 'only knew the African way' of discipline

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:35 PM EST (the Mail online)

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A girl of 12 kept a diary of the mental and physical torture she suffered at the hands of her mother, who believed in the 'African way', a court heard yesterday. The youngster wrote about the sadistic punishment rituals her mother, a former banker, subjected her to.

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Who will save kids from pedophiles?

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:51 PM EST (Edmonton Sun)

Seeded by alkimija

Nothing depresses me more than reading newspaper accounts of adults sexually abusing children. I try not to read them but it's like driving past a car crash -- you look even though it twists your insides and makes you worry about your loved ones.

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When did we become a world of apologists for child sex predators?

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:42 PM EST (OregonLive.com)

Seeded by alkimija

September was not a promising month for children relying on society to protect them from child sex predators.

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Marks go up after school bans homework

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:20 PM EST (CTV News)

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No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks. At least not because kids didn't do their homework -- because there isn't any at one Ontario school.

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BBC radio presenter in hot water after playing 'orgasm' clip on school run show

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:42 PM EST (the Mail online)

Seeded by cartooncat

For the parents driving their children home from school, it wasn't exactly what they wanted to hear through the car radio. A BBC presenter used his drivetime show to broadcast a clip of a woman in the throes of an orgasm.

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Chemicals Found in Plastics Linked to ADHD

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:36 AM EST (Psych Central)

Seeded by Angel_C

A new study warns that phthalates, a family of chemical substances used primarily to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) soft and flexible, may be associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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Father shoots dead his son, 15, for sexually abusing half-sister

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:44 AM EST (the Mail online)

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A furious U.S. father executed his teenage son after he admitted sexually abusing his three-year-old half sister. Jamar Pinkney allegedly beat up 15-year-old Jamar Jr then marched him to wasteland, where he forced him to strip and kneel.

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How can a parent survive the teen years?

Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:55 AM EST

By Ms CYPRAH

The teenage years can be a nightmare for many parents. This is the time they are likely to feel impotent, frustrated, useless and powerless. However, they really don't have to be too painful or unnerving, neither do they even have to happen that way.

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